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Grant's forest shrew

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Eulipotyphla

Genus
  
Sylvisorex

Higher classification
  
Sylvisorex

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Soricidae

Scientific name
  
Sylvisorex granti

Rank
  
Species

Grant's forest shrew

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Grant's forest shrew (Sylvisorex granti) is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae found in the mountain forests of central Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Type locality: Uganda, Ruwenzori East, Mubuku Valley, 10,000 ft (3,048 m) elevation.

Subspecies

The identified subspecies are:

  • S. g. granti, Thomas, 1907
  • S. g. mundus, Osgood, 1910.
  • References

    Grant's forest shrew Wikipedia